Rio de Janeiro’s Most Notorious Murder Case Is Closed Six Years Later
- Police arrest alleged masterminds of Marielle Franco’s murder
- Councilwoman’s unsolved case was symbol of impunity in Brazil
A woman wears a t-shirt bearing the portrait of slain Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2019.
Photographer: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images
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Brazil police arrested the alleged masterminds of the 2018 assassination of Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman whose violent death shocked Brazilians, later becoming a symbol of the fight against impunity across the nation.
The case led to the arrest of a member of Rio de Janeiro’s audit court, his brother who is a federal lawmaker and a former head of Rio’s civil police, Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski said on Sunday, declaring the investigation closed.